[He leaned forward to put the bottle back and paused when Cliff suddenly complimented him. Souji had been getting the feeling that the Klausian had been trying to look anywhere but him during the baths, but apparently he'd been wrong. The words made him laugh a little, his cheeks reddening as he leaned back against the rocks.]

I don't think you have. But isn't it more conventional to tell someone they're handsome? You are, after all. [He laughed again and reached up, ruffling Cliff's long hair and fingering the ends of one long strand.] Handsome, I mean.